Kids group soars on Marty's kisses

2:34 PM,
Aug. 4, 2012

Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame broadcaster Marty Brennaman kisses the kids from the Dragon Fly Foundation after having his head shaved due to losing a bet that the Reds could win 10 games in a row. The head shaving turned into a fundraiser, as Marty challenged fans to contribute to the Reds Community Fund. The goal was $20,000. They raised $50,000.

Written by

Jane Prendergast

What started as a bet over the Cincinnati Reds' ability to win 10 straight games ended with an unimaginably big boost to a Mason group taking care of kids with cancer and blood diseases.

The Dragonfly Foundation sent Marty Brennaman one of their "I'm Still Me" T-shirts, hoping he'd wear it when he got his head shaved after Friday night's game. The slogan's part of the non-profit's mission to make sick kids more comfortable - and to make people understand that baldness from chemotherapy is just a temporary loss of hair, not something at which to point and nothing that changes a person inside.